Post by Maggie0424 on Sept 29, 2015 18:55:21 GMT -5
Short version:
Kae.mon Ari was born via vaginal breech birth at 12:16 pm after a 7 hr and 15 minute labor. He weighs 7 lbs 15 oz and is 21 inches long.
Long Version: The day before I went into labor, I had my second appt with my new OB. (For those of you who don't know, my original OB in Austin wanted me to have a scheduled c/s but I didn't want one, so I found an experienced OB who does vaginal breech birth in Dallas).
Previously I had declined all cervical checks from 36 weeks and beyond. Since I was so close to my due date (literally 1 day away), I decided to find out where I was at. Dr checked me and said I was 3 cm and 50% effaced. Later that day, my sister and I did some last minute shopping. (My sister flew in from NY on Sunday because DH had to go back to work in Austin and I needed someone with me should I go into labor). We were walking around target and I felt some fluid. Went to bathroom and realized I had bloody show. I knew this kid was going to come soon. After target, she told me I should get a pedicure to treat myself, plus my birthday is in a few days. The girl doing my pedicure was amazing and did acupressure trigger points that are supposed to jump start labor. (I was skeptical but little did I know....). After that we had dinner and I went for a 3 mile walk. My sister brewed me a bunch of raspberry leaf tea which is also supposed to trigger labor. Anyhow I went to sleep and woke up at 5 am with labor pains. My sister was kind of my doula and walked the halls of the hotel with me and massage my back during contractions. I did squats when they got really bad.
After about an hour of walking the halls, squatting etc I decided to try and lay back down and rest. I turned on the heating pad and laid there. After a few mins, the contrax were getting unbearable and I told my sister we needed to go to the hospital NOW and to call DH to tell him to come here. After about 20 mins we arrived at the hospital and I was moaning in pain the whole ride.
I finally get to triage, they checked and I'm 9 cm! Holy smokes this baby is coming fast but I just couldn't take the pain. I finally got an epi and then my contrax slowed way down. The dr put me on pitiocin to get things picked up. After an hour the dr said he's in position and they had to wheel me to the OR because the baby is breech in case something goes wrong. DH and my sister were in there with me. My dr knew exactly what to do and after only 4 pushes my sweet little boy was out with zero complications!
I'm convinced if I had not had the epi I would have had that kid in an hour but I think everything worked out great because DH got to be there.
And if your curious about the name Kaemon (sounds like Kay-man) is an Asian name after DH which means joyful and Ari is a derivative of my grandfather's name Arvi (Scandinavian name after me) which means eagle. Ari also means Lion or Lion of God in Hebrew. We are totally in love!
Here he is
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Kae.mon Ari was born via vaginal breech birth at 12:16 pm after a 7 hr and 15 minute labor. He weighs 7 lbs 15 oz and is 21 inches long.
Long Version: The day before I went into labor, I had my second appt with my new OB. (For those of you who don't know, my original OB in Austin wanted me to have a scheduled c/s but I didn't want one, so I found an experienced OB who does vaginal breech birth in Dallas).
Previously I had declined all cervical checks from 36 weeks and beyond. Since I was so close to my due date (literally 1 day away), I decided to find out where I was at. Dr checked me and said I was 3 cm and 50% effaced. Later that day, my sister and I did some last minute shopping. (My sister flew in from NY on Sunday because DH had to go back to work in Austin and I needed someone with me should I go into labor). We were walking around target and I felt some fluid. Went to bathroom and realized I had bloody show. I knew this kid was going to come soon. After target, she told me I should get a pedicure to treat myself, plus my birthday is in a few days. The girl doing my pedicure was amazing and did acupressure trigger points that are supposed to jump start labor. (I was skeptical but little did I know....). After that we had dinner and I went for a 3 mile walk. My sister brewed me a bunch of raspberry leaf tea which is also supposed to trigger labor. Anyhow I went to sleep and woke up at 5 am with labor pains. My sister was kind of my doula and walked the halls of the hotel with me and massage my back during contractions. I did squats when they got really bad.
After about an hour of walking the halls, squatting etc I decided to try and lay back down and rest. I turned on the heating pad and laid there. After a few mins, the contrax were getting unbearable and I told my sister we needed to go to the hospital NOW and to call DH to tell him to come here. After about 20 mins we arrived at the hospital and I was moaning in pain the whole ride.
I finally get to triage, they checked and I'm 9 cm! Holy smokes this baby is coming fast but I just couldn't take the pain. I finally got an epi and then my contrax slowed way down. The dr put me on pitiocin to get things picked up. After an hour the dr said he's in position and they had to wheel me to the OR because the baby is breech in case something goes wrong. DH and my sister were in there with me. My dr knew exactly what to do and after only 4 pushes my sweet little boy was out with zero complications!
I'm convinced if I had not had the epi I would have had that kid in an hour but I think everything worked out great because DH got to be there.
And if your curious about the name Kaemon (sounds like Kay-man) is an Asian name after DH which means joyful and Ari is a derivative of my grandfather's name Arvi (Scandinavian name after me) which means eagle. Ari also means Lion or Lion of God in Hebrew. We are totally in love!
Here he is
Sorry if huge I'm mobile
